docs: def tpictr(sample, lenout=_default_len_out, lenerr=_default_len_out):
      """
      Given a sample time string, create a time format picture
      suitable for use by the routine timout.
  
      http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/C/cspice/tpictr_c.html
  
      :param sample: A sample time string.
      :type sample: str
      :param lenout: The length for the output picture string.
      :type lenout: int
      :param lenerr: The length for the output error string.
      :type lenerr: int
      :return:
              A format picture that describes sample,
              Flag indicating whether sample parsed successfully,
              Diagnostic returned if sample cannot be parsed
      :rtype: tuple
      """
      sample = stypes.stringToCharP(sample)
      pictur = stypes.stringToCharP(lenout)
      errmsg = stypes.stringToCharP(lenerr)
      lenout = ctypes.c_int(lenout)
      lenerr = ctypes.c_int(lenerr)
      ok = ctypes.c_int()
      libspice.tpictr_c(sample, lenout, lenerr, pictur, ctypes.byref(ok), errmsg)
      return stypes.toPythonString(pictur), ok.value, stypes.toPythonString(
              errmsg)